Machine for inserting fastenings.



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G. GUDDU. MACHINE FOR INSBRTING FASTENINGS.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJK, 1909v Patented June 25, 1912.

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G. GODDU.

MACHINE FOR INSERTING FASTBNINGS.

APPLLOATION FILED FEB.8,1909v Patented June 25, 1912.

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MACHINE FOR INSEEIING msrmmus.

APPLICATION fILED THE. 8, X909,

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G. GODDU.

mmnm; FOR msERTING PASTENINGS.

AI'PLIUATXON TILED IEB.8,1Q09.

1,030,775 Patented June 25, 1912.

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UN'iTii; g nn ng GEORGE GQDDIL 9F WHICHESTER, MASSACHUSEFLL MACHINERY (JGMFAN 3'. OF PATERSON. NEW 515....

JERSEY littiityilfi.

Appticmimz filed Fsoruary 8, 190B To 0?! )h'him it may; wuwern:

Be it known that, t, GKORIFI UODDEI, a citizen of the United Stains, rvsiiiing at 'Win- Chester, in the enmity 0t hliiidhasex and Cnmmnnwenlth of h cmchiisflts, have invented vermin ling M1 in Max-inner: for inserting l 'asiwnings at which 't-hc fob lowing descriptii in mmnevtwn with the accznnpanying (tr: 4 in a specification, like reference (i!5U:iTQZ.\ \JH i huwings in use in many arts. the machine herein iih1strsitwl being intended a iuia" Mr :19 in thv nianufiu'tui'e oi tibU fi Ami zhoes, out the munnnei-vial success attending the use of such machines dependent, to a great extent, upon two things, mm'ieiy: the speed. atwhich the machine pvrfin'ins its work and the rapidity with which the work. may be presuited to the machim. Of these two elements of common" NICO? the latter depends fur the mu; art upon the skit and quiukmms; ot' the tips-i mm: '75 he spend 0 5 open ation. hmvevei, is; a resultant of the organi- ZbiiOh and cnnsti'nciiuu 0: the immhine as: a whole and in this renpvct, mm'hines in corn Yilflt'ifli use are imt :ntiruiy satisfactory, for the rumor: than swing tn thv tow spends at whivh they mu fie 1mm then unpm-ity for gmt'uinling \m'r it i.- iliclifil' to this iimnanit \liwit MPH) [iv-n; my the :u nagxv npirratm' and 841! im 2135mm" fhn ii-est nmnntfirs mi of i w prusmzf inwntiuni mwirtt; it. in (rhino for intil' iil zji hint n whizrh may be run at zip'rmh; hivhm' than tilU-V attainable with xi -whines (if lmw'n P4;j!1.-tlHCt iUl.i and. partn: hu-i in improve 11 chines fin, handling previously [Drilled fnstenings n this respect.

A further abject of the inmntion is so to improve the (Ollhti'UCtiOil wf machines of this type that they wiit be adapted for performing not only an ilttliflmfti quantity of 5 mm han tuna Another ohievt of the iiHEflti-OH is to pro- Specification of Letters fates: av

' forms I H vide a iniwh'm at, high ima; w ed amta GU19!- itilf (5G pemalty in i'n'ipi non which {I known .'1-' g1 minim funqtwzi cesswe that! by it 'Et'iltitlwa with it?! fnstmii:

opemii A path it tM- bLWi said pziii'i t pinto :nvi it Big; tin;

I Him ahiiii the cw J tin-hing tit hmo ing part; 1min atthe same thna Anuthw: ab' iv vision Hf mid 2HtiildIli ili8 whcri-by lightness of con- I simction ma in,- rinitted without loss of l cilicicncyor (lin and whereby necdless duplication of it n. may bi: :ivoidcdl in thc ilti embodimcnt of the in- I vcntiom w? npzir-cs the usual elements ot :1, lownuicbinm a movable fas- F toning throat l: provided, said irout luv-ring n dri er passage into which the nail oi other 'wstcnmg drr to be op-- 1 .retcd u; izcri Fa. enings pass I cm the "flipper down the raceway into po- I eition to be operated upon by the fastening I atpiirnting nu hanimm. Tho fastening-r lying throat is moved preferably trans-l rsr-ly to toe ra eway and in the conotruo 5 two shown is located 3 the :nm'emcnts of the throat being preicrnbly ocporator operates to deliver a fastening to I the throat as; it coma-1e into operative posi tum llrmFni'l'a the driv r. 1 l

just beneath the scpuseparator and so tuned that the 'lheinw .tion is directed also to a novel rotation 01 a. min of the: parts and to a novel wing of tho movcmcntn whereby the fustcnings 1. ct said parts,

are prevented posilively from moving ut of tho raceway durrrut'iv inoperative .movcwants of tie 'Ql'tti mochanimn: intorvcninf; between inc inscrtion of one fusteningl and he d'ciivcry of tho next fastening to be t In er-zeal. I

In the p eferred 'vcnlion the driver is utilized for this pun posc, and For this pilrposr has imparted to it novel movement or a novel succession of I embodiment of the inz'co'vemcntrc In this nspcct of the invenn, the drircr will bc raised in such mann r after tho instcning inserting opcrat ion that it blocks tho pas from the rijfl'z'o ruy in while the no ir n c hi he cnrlmoist fast ning in the line id t'nstening and "7n. in the preferred sage of the t'astcnings to the drivcr passage iniator t; withdrawn from in r betwcon the one next l bcdiment t iwrmirm in which at n pliiyul, the l'illSlllg of l i oning inserting on i i. nbly be oti'c-cted in a pluwlih' Furthermore, since in the pi Trrc l en; mdinient of the invention the so :iz'tl-III and throat. will be moved in sub wtinil v' idcntical directions and substanl Ef'illY sinu' ltancouely, one of the steps in upward movement of the driver will! prisepreferably a movoment suificientl permit the withdrawal of tho throat out I the 1w? during the work teedc y r i I I l (n n dwel in, or

" 1p and morethe tions may also be performed.

, stepwise movement of the driverinto its uppermost position in such manner that there are a plurality of steps in the separating operation.

In the illustrated embodiment. of the invention, the driver has imparted to it a threc-step upward movement with dwells intervening between the steps, but it will be undcretood that a ste wise movement of the drivci-,'in (ho mo tliat the term step is used in the specification and claims, does not necessarily involve a. dwell between the steps.

Another important object of the invention is to providc, in a fastening inserting machine in which there are a plurality of eourccs of fastening supply, improved fastening selecting means whereby the fastenin; ,s may be suited; preferably-'automaticnlly, to the work into which they are to be inserted. Preferably said fastening so looting means comprises a plurality of race ways carry in fastenings of different kinds from the ditfcrent sources of su ply and improved means for bringing cac h of said rncevvayis into cooperative relationshi the inserting mechanism. Preferably said means also comprises or is associated with means for causing the fastening selection to be determined by the thickness of the work, and an important feature of the invention is the provision of means controlled by the thickness of the work for effecting a shifting of the raccways which i ri. sensitive to a slight change in tho thickness of the work near the line between the thicknesses for which shifting is desired, whereby shifting of the raceways may be insured at exactly the right point.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a work gage adjustable in two directions at right angles to each other and means for efl'ecting such adjustments where y tho proper relationship of said'gage to tie owl and inserting mechanism' nay be maintained for different lengths of work feed and whereby the usual gaging func- Still other objects of the invention will be nrcnt from a. conslderation of the folding description and clalms, thls appllcaeanna tion R55 to t nt: tumult-1n subject-nutter being eontinnotion of my co pending application Serial N0. 396,831, tiled Oct. 10, 1907 in the accompanying drawings, --Fi gure i is a side e evation o a machine embody it: the preferred form of this invention; l r.. 2 is a front eh tion of the head of the machine: Fig. 3 it side elevation of the nun-hine hem), viewed on the left lnunl of on liseri "landing in front of the machine; Fig. 3 :i perspective detail of the inerlnr Elem tnrrntmlling the tl([ lll of penetmtion of the nut into the \w-rlt. liig. 4 a yet tire \ltW t the twinning inserting: :iae-pm-titisin Showing the parts in the relations to curl; other in which they Htfltltl when the machine is :it rest or immediately after the insertion of 1 fastening: Fig. 5 is a per wtivc I ilur to Fig. 4 but howing n too parts in the relation to each other in 'n'hi h they stain when the owl has furl the work to brine he owl hole into position henenth the driver and ineloro it has been with wn from the work to return to its initial position; i *3 i n persper vc View, nimii231 to Fm. t unit 33, showing the parts in the relation t inu'h other in which they stm d r'lten' ho :tu'l lmii -.-c-en returned to its initi'til position. when the throat has been:

hrotlght aga n )t,'ll\5llll the tlriver and rt.- maiw-tl a nail m other withing unt l \vh the drive! is about to descend to drive the nail; Figs. 7. 5i 5'. and 11 illustrate Nil-- rious steps In the ff ening separating and work feeding operations and SllOW eeperially the cooperation of the driver with the Saepzr rotor in the separating opt-ration; E l 12 is it perspective aim of the separator blade; Fig. 13 2. pz-rr wetive View of the edge {.{age -.3 and the means n adjusting it in two directions; i if; :1 side elevation of the in ehn" ll'rl illlii. tum i if; shifting the r Fig. 1.") it perrqnvrtive the t if fltillllfitn Bimini in Fig. 14: i it? is :1 detail side duration of a. p01.- n of the m-rlmi Tern 91mm: in Fig. 14, is in it ilml to shift the meeway in n nl'erent direction; Fig. 17 is a detail vertionnl Vi w of the eti entrii: (zon- ,qilutingr it part of the meehimiem for sh ft i! the tit'v tl l raceway and locking it in the p iii-on io \Vllitll it is moved: Fig. 18

w uwl t itlt l ineulzzmifin employed w th th d uble lf'ytVtty' Fig: iii is; a rent uauret on o the llflpfitll' and its supporting "an" t: in; it? Gt, lrtnil perspectiro view of te rue-war driving the trap ins .h the nuns may h ti ken t'rom' no the raceway; Fig. 2! 1S a detail Srvi'mmi of tho trap hown in Fig. fil Fig. 255 a detail perspective of the looking mechtn mi in COIletllftltll'." a part oi the horn operatrne lumiszn; .Eigr. 23 i :i detail section oi the wet-1h: eonnection b tween the owl i depth controlling mechanism and the horn release mechanism; Fig. 2:1 is a, detail side elevation of the starting clutch. parts being shown in section: Fig. 25 is a detail of the device through which the double cone (clutch member held in neutral position when it is desired to turn the nmchineover my hnnti.

The illustratrtl machine has :i supnorting frame comprising a nose 2 a standard. or column -'l mini :1 heail 6. In the bone are l mounted :1 counter shaft 9 to which is at tnche i n {mile} it) Cmltitflltb'l to any suitable soufle of power and the horn oepr ssing and clutch operating tremll l2 and lit Ft"- nheetivel v. The counter slm'l't o nl o carries a eteoontl pulley rigidly :uniehc l to it and l-onneeted by :1 bolt iii to it loose nille 13 upon the main driving: shalt 20 in the head In the upright portion of the, frame or standard 4- are mountwl the work support mechanism, hereinafter more specifically ileserilicd.

In the head 6 aroinounted the various parts: of the fzustening sorting nieelmnis-m and the cams which control the timing of the operations of the various parts of the machine as a whole. Inasmuch as the ill.us tinted machine of the type known as loose nailing machine." for the purposes of this description the term nail will he used instead. of fastening in describing the various parts of the fastening inserting formed by the machine.

The fastening inserting or nail driving mechanism comprises a driver bar 24 mounted to reciprocate vertically in a guidewny in an upright part W of the machine hezul and having clamped to it? lower end 5 I 28. At its upper end the driver 7 provided with 2:11 'adjustahle stop 3i! \thli'h imports in the n'ioreinent it the driver upmzi unshion 32 surroumiing the driver but ltl'ti ontaineri in n ro'untei'snnl: opening in the wiper end of the part '26. ,Upon itq rear side the driver bar 521 is prm i ,(l with rmlt teeth 34 which are eugngml-by the teeth oi the segment nit-l; I56 eurriecl upon it substantially horizontal. arm 38 ot a, bellrrnolt lever pivoted :it -10 upon the n'imhine hunt The other tlIlTl oi the hell-crank tlriier perating lever Carries a min roll it hirl) travels in :1 min groove 4 formed in a, (ram wheel 4-8 mounted upon the driving shaft :0.

The driver operating rain of pemiliair construction, and may col'zreniently he do Scril'ietl a :1 ln-i-nientum mm. The mini groove 4 provided with eppo: l Willis and 52 which are parallel tln'mighont the greater part of their ext nt so that both the upward and downward movements: at the driver are substantially positively 00ntrolletl throughoutthe greater part of the reciprocntory movement of said driver In or born 22 and the horn release controlling mechanism and the various operations pet.

order, however, to provide a momentum or blow'like driving of the nail the positive control of the movement of the driver by the cam is preferably relaxed during a predetermined part of the movement of said driver, and this relaxati in of control or re lease "of the driver will preferably take place during the latter part/10f ,its' do wnward movement or its movement in the nail driving direction. Preferably, however. the control of the cam over the movement of the driver will be maintained to the extent that the driver will be compelled to move at not less than a predetermined velocity throughout the whole of its driving movement and will be compelled to move to a predetermined limit in the driving direction. To this end the wall 50 of the groove 46 will be given a cam shape, such that it will compel the movement of the driver at not less than a predetermined speed in the event that the momentum of the driver is not suiiicient to carry it at a greater speed. To permitthe driver to travel at a greater speed than that at which it would be caused to travel by the compelling action of the side or Wall 50 of the cam groove 46, the wall or side 52 is so shaped that there is a recess or pocket 54 in the groove 46 into which the cam roll 44 may be carried as the momentum of the driver bar and driver causes it to move away' from the wall 50. It will be noted that the wall 50 of the cam groove 46 impels the driver in its downward direction and prevents too rapid movement of the driver in the upward direction, and that, on the other hand, the wall 52 serves to efi'ect the upward movement of the driver but resists too rapid movement in the downward direction except as hereinabove described when the driver 'has reached a predetermined point in its downward movement, when the control'of the wall 52 over the downward movement is interrupted by the provision of the recess or pocket 54. It will be noted further that after the driver and driver barhave been permitted to descend under their. acquired momentum, which may conveniently be re ferred to as the acquired momentum of the driver, the wall 50 of the cam groove again comes into 0 ntact with the cam roll 44 and causes the driver to deliver upon the head of int-o said driver passage. \Below the driverguide 60 is a nail receiving throat 62 mounted upon a slide 64 and movable with said slide transversely to the path of feed of thework and transversely to the raceway 38.

Transverse movement of the throat 62 and slide 64 is provided to withdraw the throat from the path of feed movement of the awl 66, hereinafter to be described, in order to permit the awl t6 bring the nail receiving opening which it has formed in the work beneath the driver passage.

. The slide 64 is guided in an opening in the machine frame and is provided at its rear end with rack teeth 68 with which en gage the teeth upon a segment rack 70 upon the lower end of a slide actuating lever 72 pivoted at 74 on the machine head and carrying at its upper end a cam roll ,76 entering a cam groove 78 in the cam wheel 48,

said cam groove 7 8 being so shaped as to efiect movement of the throat 62 into operative position and to Withdraw it out of the path of the avl at the proper times in the cycle of operations-of the machine. The nail separator 80 is also mounted upon the slide 64 to move therewith and is yieldingly connected with said slide so that on the return movement of the slide 64 the separator may move relatively to said slide in the event that it meets an obstruction, in the raceway. The connections between the separator and slide comprise a cylindrical slide 82 upon which is mounted a bracket 84 provided with a forwardly projectin portion 86 to which the separator bla is attached. The bracket 84 is adjustable upon the slide 82 in a direction substantially parallel to the movement of the awl, so that the separator may be adapted tonails of varying dimensions. The cylindrical slide 82 is guided in a cylindrical opening in the machine head and has socketed within it a spring which bears at one end against the end ot a socket in the slide 82 and at its other end against the end of a socket in a second cylindrical slide mounted within the slide 82.

The slide 90 is provided with a pocket in which is received a lug 92 extending up from the slide 64, a slot 94 being provided in the slide 82 whereby said slide may move relatively to said lug to permit the separator to yield when it meets an obstruction. The spring 88 tends normally to keep said slide 82 in such relation to the slide 64 that the lug 92 will be in the rear end of the slot 94.

The awl 66 is clamped in an awl bar 96 which has a'straight vertical portion mounted to slide in a vertica} *mideway in an awl carrying frame 98, said frame 98 being provided with a horizontal dove-tail portion 100 arranged to slide in a similarly shaped slideway formed in a bracket lOZ bolted to the machine head. The awl bar 96 is arranged ,to reciprocate vertically in its carrying frame 98 and to be moved hon of the fulcrum pin 110 varies: thejrelntive length of the two arms of the floating lever 104 and therefore varies the einount of horizontal movement ofthe n-framezwti' and the amount of feed, movement! ofi'the owl-.1 For I convenience in;

'inefter mbe decribed, the vertical' position of the fulcrum pin 184 MB lie-controlled operates an indicator on thofifulcrm p'iii carrying block 111. At its nppeniiiid the zonta'lly -vvith frame. The mechanism -Yldel with e'zguideway 106 'inwhich 'is slid- -roll 116 traveling-in uition; 7' formed inithe rear face oil-tho'cdi irdisk liltt I rack carried upon one arm 122 of' niriiiylpp' foreffectingtlieihorizontal movementof the irarne98compri ses a floating lever-104 pro ably niolintedniulcrum block 108-pivoted' upon. tr stationary fulcrum pin 110 carried a block 111 adjustably mounted in an up Standing rtin 112 of the iuachinehend.

kojusting the'Q-fulcrum' pin 110, the upsta'pdg'l ingportionrof the frame 112 is provided; with a nail-simcing scale IM-With Which OCf-f floating lever 104 is .provided -sfvvitl earn groove 118i mounted, pon the forwnrti 05- h driving shaft-20 Uponthe rear gtaiceofits vernoixlv M the aw] bar 96'is;.provided with'l'ra-c teethwith which, engage the teethuponhksligthht emtingi' lover. I The awl-u operating leveriig fulcrumed upon agrock-shaft 124, being provided with a sleeve 125. which surrounds said rock shaft.,,The arm 122 of the 'awl onerat-ing lever is .attached to theinner'end oi the sleeve 125 and the other arm 126is; attached to the other end of said sleeve;

The. arm 126 of the :u'vl operating lever comprises a casing in which is mounted a slide bar 128- broken at 130 into two rable sections, the; lower section 1280 hem provided with rack teeth which 'mesh wit 1 theteeth of a ,pinion 132 carried at the outer end, of t-hejork-shaft 124 and the upper section 1281 receiving through an opening in the hack of the casing which forms the arm 1%. a pivot pin 1234 upon a block 136 arranged/to he moved vertically in a lever 13S pivoted at one end at 140 to the machine head untlnt its other end carrying a cam roll 142 which enters a cam groove 144 in :1 mm wheel M6 on the main shaft 20.

The lever 138 is provitlutl with a spring socket in 'ilii i is ('ontninml a spring 531! which holds the block ,30 yieldingly in it inin-rm'td' position. the rower which 'zllt'r; the owl t: mim it to penetrate the.

icing transmitted to the :zrm 126 of llii' ow: operating: levor through the level; MR the effective length of the arm 126 is iiltltflic' ."hlltli by varying the vertical po- --.i2i0.'; oi the fulcrum pin 134.

n or-lvr lillii the work penetrating move- '1 rout of (in: ;:\\'l :'nr1y he proportioned to the $l"' l'i"-r 1h uork. z wchzmism is prog'com iw ting mechanismfthrou" ing gh positiontof the'lslide 1 2 ii -determined} by 'Thehorn rel esse niechaxi sni herein shown 1S S 11bS11H t1ally'fllB sameinits construction" and pr nciplepf operatlon is thl'itjshow'n in vffirinitiget'inmhichl the mechanism vin the co-i 7167 connected to the slide-162.

n=muizwizlly rm mg! the vertical '1-- inirv-nu pin :33 :u m'rordthickness of thc worki -This mechanism comprises alever'152 attached to a rock-shaft 154 having bearings in-the. mechmevhe'ed; said levercarryinglat its for} ward end 'alsegi'nent rack 156Ivvh1oh-e ges '-a pinion 158, see Fig. 3. upon the inxiei-,-e u.; of the rock-shaft- 124. The fair end of the j lever 152 is connected by h 160 to'a slide 162 constituting apart of the work Y m' h 'ot; rela movement of the hornisiontrolledf I for the work feeding o ration. Si gglhefl the thickness of the worliin a manner here- -.-oo1-' ending? application? Serial" No.

roun iiigand clmnjied upon e' threadd The pres sure of "thesprinigflim ne niitted 'to the horn 122 'througlii-veonnecti o j '1 comprising toggle links 168,;i1hd 0i leie'r v 172 fulcrumed -1I1 the column 4 and conueotr 105 ed at its reareml to the toggle link 170-and I gt it"sf fiforw'ard' end conneo edjhyfe block nnd""slot connect-ionto ti in'eiilber I'TJ'into; 4 which the horn supporting rod'174; is threailil ed The lever 172 is forked at its forward 110 end. Thejstxraighteningpf fthe tofglesis efi' fected throifgh a'link 'liQi conmc etldtfiii o" end to the knee joint of the togfilig, and-1h its other end .to one arm of a illcrank lever 178,'the other-emf of which is n'ecterl by a rod toan artjz-tofI-Slodhd hell-crank lever 182. The other arm of the i lever 1S2 curries a cam roll enter" g 'slot 184 in the cum wheel 48. When theito -gle is broken. the spring 164 is preferahlivf lfio lotkml against action upon the horn, as in If tho (O-Pending application above referred to. and said locking means co'mprigses' a e in said application a ratchet platelsti cdi'rieil' by a casing 188 in which tlic'sliglc 162i; 125 mounted to reciprocate orticnllyypnwle V being mounted upon saidelirlc :uul mrungcd i i to eiigage the ratchet when the toggleie' lnkem sziirl pan-ls being hchl out of ellgiugeuwnt with suiil rah-hot ivhon the toggii 'is lfio straightened by the pressure of a finger 192 to permit attached to the toggle link 168 upon the tails 194 of said pawls.

The horn may be depressed when the machine is at restin order to place work upon it or remove work from it by suitable connections with the horn depressing treadle 12, said connections comprising, in the illustrated construction, a rod 196 threaded at its upper end into a piece 197 having a pin and slot connection with a forked extension of the member. 175, said rod being pivotally connected at its lower end to the treadle 12.

The mechanism for automatically controlling the depth of penetration of the awl into the work has preferably only a limited range of movement, since when operating upon work'which is very thick it is unnecessary to vary the depth of penetration of the awl and therefore when the thickness 'of the work exceeds a predetermined amount the awl depth controlling mechanism ceases to cause variations in the movement of the awl corresponding to variation in the thickness of the work. A stop 199 in the path of the segment carrying end of the lever 152 limits the movement of the awl depth controlling mechanism.

In order that the free movement of the horn may not be interfered with when the thickness of the work exceeds that for which automatic variation of the awl movements is provided, a yielding connection is provided bctwp'en the rod 160 and the slide 162 whereby when the rod 160 has reached the upper limit of its movement, that is when it has set the awl operating mechanism to give the greatest amount of penetrative movement to the awl, the slide 162 may he moved relatively to the rod 160 the horn 22 to accommodate itself to work oi still greater thickness. 'lhis viclding connection comprises a socket 19h located within the spring 164 and connected to the rod 160 and having confined within it and hcariiig against-the lower end of rod 160 a. springitltlt). A second rod 167 passes through an o iening in the bottom of the socket 198 an'il within said socket is provided with a'piston 202 bearing upon the lowcr'cnd of the spring 200. The spring 200 is strong enough so that the thickness of the work will he accurately gaged by the automatic controlling mechanism up to the maximum for which this mechanism is cffcctiw, and that beyond the said maximum it will be, compressed to permit the relative lnmcnicnt of the slide Hi2 and the. rod Hit). The downward movement of the slide. i causes a positive downward movement of the rod loo after the spring 200 has cxpandcd sullicicntly to bring the piston 20; into contact with the bottom of the socket I98 in the event that said spring has been compressed.

During the horn release operation of the horn controlling mechanism there will be no movement of the awl through the awl depth controlling mechanism since. at this time the slide .162 will be locked against movement and therefore the rod 160 will be held stationary. It will be noted that when the awl operating lever is turned about the rock-shaft 12-1 by the action of the lever 138 upon it the part 1280 of the slide bar 128,

as it rolls about the pinion 132, will tend to move away slightly from the part 1281 and for this reason thi slide bar 128 has been made in two separable sections in order that this slight downward pull may not afl'eet the vertical position of the fulcrum pin 134': When the slideway for the block 136 in the lever 138 and the slideway for the slide bar 128 are substantially parallel, any movement of the bar 128 caused by variations in the thickness of the work will have no'efiect upon the awl since the arts are in what may be called neutral position, and no tendency to turn is im arted to the arm 126 of the awl operating ever by the movement of the-slide 128 when the parts are in this lieu-- tral position, or in other words, when the angle between the slideway for the block 136 and the slideway for the slide bar 128 1S zero. v

Since the position of the awl will not be aflected by any adjustment of the awl depth controllin mechanism when the two slideways are m the position'just described, the parts are preferahlyso timed that the movement of the horn hack into work gaging position will take place with the slideways in this position and that the machine auLl stop with the slideways in this position. it y work to he placed upon it or removed from it without any efl'cct upon'the awl. Moreover it will he noted that the awl has a fixed starting position by reason of the. positive connection between the arm 126 and the awl bar orand that the range of movement of the awl from this starting position is varied by the means hcrcinahovc described.

The novel mechanism hcreinahove described for automatically controlling the extent of the work penetrating movcnu-nt ol" the awl i accordance with variations in the thickncr' of the work is not claimed in this application but will he made the subjcct-mattcr ot' a continuing application.

The hopper 56 is attached to a counter shaft 21H mounted in a bracket 206 clamped td the machine head. Also mounted in this bracket is a second counter-shaft 208 having a hcarint! 210 at the rear part of the maipseg'rs x-ipherai groove in a hopper driving extew i 101; :16 if the. loose puiiey upon the shaft 5 $0 Wmh the heh I!) transmiis movement firm; the cuunier shaff 8. Thia owe [wait puiiey is uonstanfly rotated and is arranged to b6 clutched to the shaft 20 by any Hllil" able clutch mechanism preferahiy that hm-einaffvr des rihwi j The hmr-e 'imiley 21:5 may he vhm'hwi to slim .shaff by any Suitable ciutvh nmchanism, such. for example as that iiinstmtwi which vumprises a mule 218 carried by shrew 220 surrounding the shaft 308 within th wiring 210. said give: being somewhat hinge!- Lhan the hearing 210 and having it ihmge upon its forward end hvlwocn \vhi ch and the coihn .322 upon the shaft 208 is mfined :1 spring 224 which i'PHdn normally to 14mm thv siuove 220 to mow the (one 2L9 into chifuhing vngn gmnrni with Hw imam puiiey 212;!

The xlcvw 3:20 may he mow- 1 ngnimt the immiwn of spring 231' to move. the cone to niim't an uni-hm-i'iing of tho pulley 212 from Lhv :iiflfl S h 11mm; Of :1 forked hell crank im'er 3.20, mm arm of whir-h bean: J81 ihv flange m" the slevu "290 and he nthe r mm of whivh is minim-Mi to an operating MM 212* vxivmhui to the fmnt f the nun-hin um! prwvilhwl .if in fUl'WlY'd 0nd \i'iii: l iiia'vr hold 330. Bvhvw-n the fork rm nix-era of Hm lwH-m'rmk h-vm' is a downwzai 4H3 vxtmnhng lug hivh coilpm'aivs Wifh sing.) munhmw m: ihv hvuring 2i") and limits; ihv ia m'unvz i 1f m d lvx'vr. When tiw he l! rzml: 23 is in lhv mitinu shown in Fig. i. 510 yi'slh 2%! is um i ztz-hm'l from the shaft m! ihv hvpyvi' is at r091. It will b0 iu'xm'swmeni the hoppvr inept in motion hile flu damning 'ihi5 fi'w quvn'li 5 m'blc in mdvr to keep the raw- :1 n x-rig suppliwi with nails.

'i'm. 001mm shaft 90% is provide/ 1 at in i m'zvfii' i and with a. worm Q32 whivh (h'iWs :1 \mrmwvlzaei Q34 upnn ros shaft 236 EX- tonding hoiw-ven fiw shuff i 09 and the shafi QM, mid shaft 23!; having mih! other and a 1 0w! gem meshingwiih r. hvwi gem upnn (he rem uni of ihrwin? H 20- 1 rotary n10 0- wny 011mm! 238 mmmiwi 11 ml a third (mmtw :zmfi' having hearing in ihv hi'avimi. J06 mni H pruridml at; iis Mm! Nh with a hgi'i :miicy \Vhh'h is wuzm ri'wl with :1 belt pulir upon ihe shaft 203.

'Wlwn H i; dceirm! to nan-mum than one iiiH i m nail ml'ungih of nail in the machinm :1 nmli'ipzn'b hupper, such as that shown in 'i med. The hrm-ki-i' $201,- is rephlc'mi hv Umclcvt 2060 and the (W0 hop xvi-s mini 33? an umunimi upnn a singiu .whni'i :jUHL Ewing, lisri iiy attached to said shah. thv rvui." hnppvr 3 33 being provided with :1 pi-liph -i'i-ii gem with Wilif'h muiy 1 pinimr 3 upon the *hafi 208 To f i That a" Hair may insz rimg Inwhnniwn is m nub 14: mir Em-i i nwchanimn is; :3. yin-viva prm'idtni In a plmbalify of nnii gzii h: and J sated inn-1'- Inedifxtc its length. :-'n ihnt its fastening iii iiw :3; end may he hiftm! ielative ly to the driver guide in hrn (lilfff of #114 race gimme; min upvrmn'v 591211103 10 {he a. Hit

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pivoted upon its outer face near its lower end a double pawl 282 having a double tail 283. At. its lower end and projecting downward between the two parts of the tail is a V-shaped locking member 294, cooperating with a similar V-shaped lug 286 carried upon the lower end of a rod 288 passing down through the center of the slide 280 and held in its uppermost position by a spring 290 confined between a head 292 and the socketed upper end of the slide 280. The tail 28 of the pawl 282 is axially otlset somewhat from the two arms of the pawl and is arranged to be engaged by the pointer 274 of the pawl tipper when the slide 280 is in its lowermost position. 1 Formed upon the front face of the slide 2:44) is a rack bar 2% which is engaged by a seiunent rack 2% upon a rock arm Z98 rigidly attached to a rock-shaft 300 mounted in hearings in the machine frame. and carrying at its other end the angle leter 182 of the 'horn operating mechanism. As this angle lever is rocked at each rotation of the. main shaft 20 by the. ram groove, 184 in the cam wheel 48. the s ide 280 will be reciprocated vertically and the pawl 282 will be carried up away from and down into en gagement with the pointer 274 of the pawl tipper. If the pointer 27+ is in the position shown in Fig. 14. it will engage the righthand part of the tail 293 of the. pawl as the. pawl is moved downwardly, and will rock the pawl about its pivot upon the. slide 290 so that its right-hand arm is liig'hol' than the left-hand arm. the locking mcmbcr 294 upon the pawl slipping by the cooperating lug 2S6 upon the rod 28% which is then pressed against the lcl't-hand side of said member 2 4. thereby holding the pawl in the position shown in Figs. 14 and 1-7.

As the slide 2R1) is moved upw'ardly in its reciprocating movementit will carry with it the 'pawl in the position into which it has been turned and locked. and the upper or right-hand arm of the pawl will engage the shoulder 302 upon the horizontal slide 2304 moun d in tho brackct 272 and connected by suitable connections, hereinafter to be dc.- scribed. to the double rac way. (lontinued upward movement of the slide 2*) will cause the pawl as it is forced to turn about It-S pivot by its engagement with the under side of th slide 304 to push the shoulder 302 and with it the slide 110 i toward the right. It the pointer 274 of the pawl tippcr be in the. positionshown in Fig. lo the pawl wi.ll be ltit'littl about its pivot upon the downward movcmcnt of the slide 350. so that its lotthand arm i higher and so that the lug 2H1) pa es ovcr to the right-hand side oi the locking member 284 and locks the pawl in the position vshown in said tiguro. when the pawl is in thi position. it will cngago upon its upward movcn'uvnt the shoulder Pint; upon the slide. 301 and will move said slide toward the left.

The connections between the slide 304 and the. double raceway 26+ comprise oppositely threaded rods 308 and 310 connected by an adjusting nut 312. the rod 308 being pivotally connected with a lug 314 upon the side of the double raceway 264. The rod 310 receives in an opening at one end an eccen tric pin 316 carried upon the lower end of a rock-shaft 31% mounted in a bearing in the bracket 272. said rock-shaft havin formed r upon its upper end a pinion 320 with which int-shes a segment gear 32; formed upon the end of a rock arm 3'24 upon the upper end of a rock-shaft azo also mounted in a hearing in the bracket 272 and carrying at its lower end a segment gear 328 which meshes with rack teeth 33) formed upon the slide bar Iltl-l. the rack teeth 330 being formed atv an inclination to the side of the slide 304 and the bearings for tho rock-shafts 11:26 and 3518 being correspondingly inclined. this inclination serving to prevent binding when the inclined raceway is moved.

The shifting movement of the slide 304 is sullicicnt toturn the eccentric pin ill 'i around from one dead center to the other with re spect to the rod 310 so that the raceway is automati ally shifted and locltcd in the position into 'which it is moved. it will be noted that the multiplication of the movemcnts ot the horn is such that. a comparatively slight movement is sullicient to turn the pointer ill from one side of the axis of os illation of the pawl 21 2 to the other. and that when it is so turned very little. force is required to otl'crt the turning ot the pawl. 'lho mcchanisin is thcrctorc very sensitive and at the same time positive, being adapted to maintain the raceway in position to dclivcr onc hilltl of nails continuou ly as the work'approachcs the thickness for which another kind of nails isi (leircd and thcn to cll'cct tho shitting ot the ram-way at cxactlv the desired point.

lt nolw remains to describe the clutch through which the loose pulley driven by the belt it; is clutched to the shaft 20 to start the machine. This clutch is shown in detail in Figs. 'land 25. The loose pulley is indicated at 18 in Fig. 21 and i mounted upon a sleeve 32H, being cotnlincd upon said sleeve by a flange 33G l'orl'netl integral with the. sleeve and bearing against one end of the. pulley and a washer 31; mounted upon the shaft 20 and pressed by a spring Illt) against. the other end of said pulley. 'l'ho sle ve 3?, is adjustable longitlulinally ol' the shall against tlutension of the spring 310. said spring being conlin d la-l wccn lhc .washcr 31 W and a collar ll; llu'cadod upon the. shaft 20.

Adjustment. of the sleeve and with it. thc pulley is ctl'ccted by a nut ill-l threaded upon the end of the shaft 20 and bearing againstthe end of the sleeve, said nut being set in its adjusted position by a set screw 346 threaded into the end of the shaft. The clutch is of the type sometimes designated as double cone clutch, that is a double cone friction mem er 348 is mounted'upon the shaft to move longitudinallythereof either into frictional engagement with an interior cone upon the pulley 18, or with a similar cone upon the frame of the machine, the movement into engagement with the cone upon the pulley 18 serving to clutch the pulley to the shaft to start the machine and the movement into engagement with the cone upon the frame of the machine serving to frictionally stop the rotation of the shaft.

The double cone friction member. may be mounted upon the shaft for movement longitudinally thereof in any suitable or usual way, being caused to rotate with the shaft in the present construction by a spider 350 fitting loosely into openings provided for it in the interior of said friction member. In the illustrated construction the motor through which the friction member 348 is moved into clutching engagementwith the pulley 18 is arranged to exert its counter thrust upon the shaft longitudinally thereof whereby no endwise movement of the shaft in the machine frame is caused. To this end a spring 352 is provided for effecting the clutching movement of the friction member 348, said spring being confined between a collar threaded uponthe forward end of the hub of said member and a collar 354 bearing against a shoulder 356 upon the shaft 20.

The spring 352 is normally under compression and tends to move the,frict-ion member 348 into clutching engagement with the pulley 18. The means for moving the friction member 348 out of clutching engagement with the pulley 18 and into braking contact. with the machine frame comprises a ring 358, loosely confined upon the hub'of the friction member 348 betweenbearing washers and provided with trunnions 360 engaged by the arms 362 of a forked lever 363 fulcrumed at 364 upon the machine frame, and having pivoted to its'lowcr end a catclrcaxrying lever 366 having a catch 367 arranged to engage an adjustable catch 368 upon a lever 370 fulcrumed at 372 upon the machine frame, and carrying at its upper end upon a vertical pivot a cam roll 374 bearing against a face cam 376 upon the cam wheel 48.

A link 378 connects one arm of a lever 380 fulcrumed at 382 upon the machine frame to the catch carrying lever 366, the other arm of said lever 380 being pivotally connected to the treadle cont-rolled clutch actuating rod 260. The spring 262 surrounding said rod tends to keep it in its lowermost position and therefore to maintain the catch 367 in operative relation to the catch 368. The amount of movement required to trip the clutch may be varied by turning the eccentric 384 carrying a stop with which engages a stop arm 386 upon the lever 380.

If it is desired to hold the friction memher 348 in the position in which it engages neither the loose pulley 18 nor the machine frame a step 388 mounted in the. machine frame and pressed normally toward the trunnion operating lever by a'spring 390 may be turned so that it is released from the bayonet look by which it is normally held out of the path of the lever 363 whereby said spring 390 presses it into the path of said lever and stops the friction member 348 in its intermediate position.

\Vhen it is desired to adjust the tension of the spring 164 which operates to move the born 22 into clamping relation to the Work, the socket 166 may be adjusted upon the threaded rod 167. It will be noted that the portion of this socket which is threaded upon the rod 167 is split and rovided with a set screw by which it may e clamped in adjusted position. To permit the adjustment of the spring to be effected more easily, an anti-friction bearing is provided for the spring in the bottom of the socket 166. This anti-friction bearing comprises, as illustrated, a washer 252 in the bottom of the socket and a washer 254 upon which the spring 164 rests, anti-friction balls 256 being provided between the two washers.

In Figs. 20 and 21 is shown in detail an improved raceway having provision for quickly removing the nails from the raceway when it is desired to use a different kind of nail. The raceway is provided with a groove which is narrow at thetop so that the head of thenail may rest upon the sides of the groove, but is large enough below the top so that when a. portion of one elf the sides of the groove is moved away fl'ifil the other side the nail may drop through the bottom of the raceway. In the illustrated construction the side of the groove is provided near the lower end of the raceway with a slot 392 into which fits the upper' end of a lever 394 pivoted at 396 between ears 398 formed upon the side of the raceway, said lever carrying at its lower end a set screw 400 which may be turned up against the side of the raceway to hold the upper end of the lever in position in the slot 362. The upper end of the lever 394 is so shaped that when in position in the slot 392 it makes the side of the raccw'ay'in which the slot is formed continuous. Vhen it is desired to remove the nails from the raceway the set screw 400 is turned so that the lower end of the lever may be pushed up against the side of the raceway, thereby tant feature of the invention, since 1t insures ,asubstantially positive and uniform delivtion which they assume when the machine the driver.

stops, the separator 80 being at this time located between the driver and the endmost nail in the raceway, the driver being down and the awl being up. In Fig. 8 are shown the first movements of these parts as the shaft 20 begins to rotate, the driver being raised to clear the throat and the awl being moved down to cause it to penetrate the work.-

the awlfeeds the work, the throat and separator are withdrawn as shown in Fig. 9, but there isa dwell in the u ward movement of the driver after it has 0 cared the throat so that the driver blocks the end of the raceway and prevents any part of the endmost nail from entering the driver passage. As the awl is withdrawn from the work and returns to its initial position, the driver is moved upwardly until its lower end is opposite the head of the endmost nail, atwhich time a second dwell is provided in the upward movement of the driver, the separator now coming forward between the last two nails in the line in the raceway, the thin entrant portion 420 of the blade, this portion being of substantially uniform thickness. from bottom to top, entering first/between the shanks of the two nails and then an intermediate portion 422which is wedgeshaped, that is, thicker at the bottom than at the top, following the entrant portion and tipping the shank of the nail into the driver passage while the head of the nail is still retained in the raceway by the lower end of As the shank of the nail is tipped into'the raceway by the part 422 of the separator, the solid lower part 424 of the separator covers the driver passage in the lower part of the driver guide and traps the shank of the nail in said passage, thus preventing the shank from moving back into the raceway. At this time a dwell is preterably provided in the movement of the separater and throat during which the driver moves upwardly and releases the head of the nail. As the head of the nail released by the driver, the separator again moves for-.

ward and the part 426 of the blade pushes the upper part of the nail into the driver passage just before the driver descends to drive it, the nail resting upona lip 428 of the throat 62 in the event-that it drops down through the driver passage in the guide 60 hetore the opening -t30-in the throat comes into line therewith The part 426 of the separator blade is of substantially uniform thickness from bottom to-top. The driver having descended to drive the nail into the work, the cycle of operations for the inscrtion of a single nail is completed.

If the operator maintains his foot upon the trcadle 14, two or more nails will be driven in rapid succession, depending upon the length of time the treadlc is left depressed. When the treadle is released, the cam 376 will operate through the connections hereinabove described to move the friction member 348 out of clutching on agement with the loose pulley 332, the catc 367 having been moved into operati've relation to the catch 368 by the action of spring 2( l2 upon the clutch actuating rod 260, and said friction member will be moved into engagement with the machine head at-such time that the shaft 20 will be stopped with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is v 1. A machine of the class described having, in combination, fastening inserting mechanism, an awl, means for operating said awl to cause it tb form a fastening receiving opening in the work and then to feed the Work, a movable fastening receiving throat normally located Within the path of the work feeding movement of said awl,

means for moving said throat transversely to said path to place it out of the Way of the awl during its work feeding movement, and means associated with said throat arid its moving means for delivering a fastening to said throat. I

2. A machine of the class described having, in combination, fastening inserting mechanism, an awl and a fastening receiv-. ing throat, means for moving-said awl to feed the work and to bring the awl hole into position to receive a fastening inserted by said inserting mechanism, means for moving said throat transversely of the path of -movement of the and to place it out of the way of the awl during the'work feeding movement of the latter, and means for delivering a fastening to said throat upon its return into the path of awl.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with fastening inserting mechanism and an and arranged to feed the work to bring the awl hole into position to receive a fastening inserted by said inserting mechanism, of a fasteningreceiving throat normally located within the path of the work feeding movement of the awl and movable transversely of said path to place it out of the way of the awl during the Work feeding movement of the latter, and means to deliver a fastening to the fastening receiving'throat when in its normal osition.

4. In a machine of the class described, the 

